Zip Code Rapists were an avant-garde band active in the 1990s. The band was composed of guitarist John Singer and singer

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. The band is known for their confrontational, deconstructionist, absurd live performances, as well as their bizarre, more fleshed-out recordings. During the group's fake break-up in 1994, Singer and Turkington formed competing spin-off bands, the Zip Code Revue and The Three Doctors Band, presumably attempts to siphon off Zip Code Rapists fans for themselves. In 1996, after a Japanese tour with Faxed Head, the Zip Code Rapists ceased performing or recording. Gregg Turkington has since gone on to perform as the anti-comedy personality

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. John Singer continues to make music in Vermont. The Zip Code Rapists reunited for a handful of shows in California and in Canada in 2005–2006, followed by a retrospective CD release on the Eabla label in 2009. In 2015 they did a one-off show in Brooklyn, New York.

Discography

The band released the following albums:

Studio albums

*''Sing and Play the Three Doctors and Other Sounds of Today'' (1992, Amarillo / 2009, Eabla)

EPs

*''The Man Can't Bust Our Music!'' (1993, Ectoplasm) *''Sing and Play the Madator Records Catalog'' (1994, Ecstatic Piss) *'' 94124'' (1995, Amarillo)

Live albums

*''Live "In Competence" Beast 666'' *''Here at Last... Live!!! Freedom from 2005''

References

External links

Zip Code Rapists
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